I doubt as to whether its commercial self-righteousness had developed to the extent of adopting the sobriquet "the Honest Port."
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
The years passed, and the Gray Phantom's adventures made his sobriquet known from coast to coast, but gradually the life he was leading began to pall on him.
"The Gray Phantom's Return"
Herman Landon
Could his eye at that moment have penetrated the screen of foliage rising above the crest of Red Hill, he might have seen behind it, the man he meant to injure-mounted on that sable steed from which he derived his sobriquet.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid